The Last Supper

Art Historical Context

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini’s *The Last Supper* (ca. 1705) captures the pivotal biblical moment when Christ shares his final meal with the, foretelling betrayal and instituting the Eucharist. This drawing, housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Robert Lehman Collection, the Venetian artist’s early mastery during the transition from Baroque to Rococo.ini (1675–1741), a prolific decorator who later influenced English art, rendered the scene with dynamic energy, emphasizing emotional gestures and crowded composition typical of late 17th-century religious iconography. Executed in pen and brow...